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Ranjithsiji, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons / https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Government_Museum_B…IMAGE INFORMATION

Musical Instrument to resemble a Violin from Calcutta

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

September 24, 1819

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 99

Notes:

This item was probably a sārangī, a bowed, short-necked string instrument from the Indian subcontinent, perhaps resembling this example from the Government Museum Bangalore, India, pictured here.